Peace Affirmation, Day 2 Do Less Better: The Wisdom of Marcus Aurelius Meditations
Daily Meditation Podcast
Mary Meckley
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🗓️ 16 October 2023
⏱️ 10 minutes
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Summary
In the midst of chaos, the last great Roman Emperor and Stoic philosopher, Marcus Aurelius' words guide us to find strength in the power we have over our thoughts. This meditation focuses on slowing down the mind amidst external pressures, fostering resilience through calm introspection.
This week, we launch into a series exploring the wisdom of doing less to be better. You're guided by the ancient wisdom of former Roman emperor and Stoic philosopher, Marcus Aurelius.
This is part 1 of a 7-part meditation series titled, Do Less Better: The Wisdom of Marcus Aurelius Meditations, Episodes 2973-2979.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to episode 2,974 of the Daily Meditation Podcast. |
| 0:08.4 | I'm Mary Mechley and I welcome you today to of the series we're exploring this week. |
| 0:15.6 | Every week we explore a theme and in each episode for a week you explore a different meditation |
| 0:24.8 | technique as well as insight into the theme and then you're guided in a meditation so we always |
| 0:34.0 | start first with a little insight. Well the theme this week is do less better and we're |
| 0:44.1 | following along with the former Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius who is a noted very popular |
| 0:54.5 | stoic philosopher. Stoicism has to do with a form of self-realization where you live your life |
| 1:03.9 | to the best of your ability and in today's episode you're going to be guided in a meditation |
| 1:10.8 | repeating an affirmation that is going to steep yourself in peace. So it's a peace |
| 1:20.9 | affirmation and remaining at peace was one of Marcus Aurelius's greatest strengths. |
| 1:30.8 | How great was he? Well he's considered one of the finest, |
| 1:36.8 | fairest, best Roman emperors after his reign Rome soon unraveled and crumbled. |
| 1:45.6 | He was able to hold it together despite warring factions, despite many betrayals, |
| 1:53.6 | despite political and economic and social upheaval he was able to create a sense of continuity |
| 2:04.0 | and trust among the people of Rome. What are some of the challenges that he faced? |
| 2:13.4 | Because he faced many challenges as you can imagine any Roman emperor faced during that time. |
| 2:20.8 | His time as Emperor was in 161 AD and he served until his death in 180 AD. He wrote a book called |
| 2:33.1 | Meditations and I'm guiding you through quotes and insight from this book in this week's series. |
| 2:41.5 | This was not a book that was intended to be discovered. It was more like a diary of reflections |
| 2:48.1 | for him. He never anticipated anyone would find it or certainly not publish it. But for a few thousand |
| 2:57.8 | years people have sought wisdom from the passages and it's the kind of book that I personally |
| 3:07.2 | keep on my nightstand and I'll read a few quotes at a time because the quotes are so deep and |
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